Important elements of the funding settlement for councils this year disproportionately benefit richer areas and fail to take into account a range of growing demand pressures, according to local authorities
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A nurse has been found guilty of sexually assaulting an 85-year-old woman whom he had cared for after she suffered a fall. Steven Hicks, 60, was convicted of attacking the
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The sister of a two-year-old boy who was found dead alongside his father in Lincolnshire has said police and social services “did what they could” and are not to blame.
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The Home Office has been reprimanded by the statistics watchdog after the Government was accused of lying about clearing part of the asylum backlog. UK Statistics Authority chairman Sir Robert
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A police force has referred itself to the police watchdog after a toddler was found dead next to his father’s body. Bronson Battersby, two, was found beside his dad Kenneth,
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Rishi Sunak “hasn’t got a clue” where more than 4,000 missing migrants earmarked for removal to Rwanda have disappeared, Sir Keir Starmer has claimed. The Prime Minister (pictured) would not
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Two Tory deputy chairmen have stepped down from their party positions after backing amendments that seek to beef up Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill. Lee Anderson (pictured) and Brendan Clarke-Smith said
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A tearful whistleblower told of her frustration reporting the rape of children by grooming gangs in Rochdale only to be ignored by police and the local council. Sara Rowbotham, co-ordinator
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Girls were “left at the mercy” of paedophile grooming gangs for years in Rochdale because of failings by senior police and council bosses, a report has said. The damning 173-page
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A Government policy of seeking a second medical opinion over vulnerable people in immigration detention, risking delays to their potential release, is unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled. Medical
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